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 ====== AST 410: Radio Astronomy ====== ====== AST 410: Radio Astronomy ======
  
-===== - Contents =====+===== - Content ===== 
 ==== - Historical introduction ==== ==== - Historical introduction ====
-  - [[un:Radio astronomy]]: history, community and practices of radio astronomy.+  - [[un:ra|Radio astronomy]]: general introduction to the field (read chapter 1 of the book). 
 +  - [[un:hra|History of radio astronomy]]: a historical overview (understand the history slides).
  
 ==== - Electromagnetic radiation ==== ==== - Electromagnetic radiation ====
 +  - [[un:Brightness]]: concepts of brightness, intensity, flux, luminosity.
 +  - [[un:Radiative transfer]]: propagation of radiation through a medium that absorbs and emits.
 +  - [[un:Polarization]]
  
 ==== - Radio telescopes ==== ==== - Radio telescopes ====
 +  - [[un:Radiation from acceleration]]
 +  - [[un:dipole-antenna|Dipole antenna]]
 +  - [[un:Beam]]
  
-==== - Synthesis array ====+==== - Interferometry and synthesis ==== 
 +  - Fourier transform 
 +  - Uniform circular motion and Simple harmonic motion 
 +  - [[https://crpurcell.github.io/friendlyVRI/|The Friendly Virtual Radio Interferometer]] 
 +  - [[https://tart.elec.ac.nz/|START: Small Transient Array Radio Telescope]]
  
 ==== - Free-free radiation ==== ==== - Free-free radiation ====
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 ==== - Spectral lines ==== ==== - Spectral lines ====
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 +===== - Project =====
 +  * [[telescopes:start|Building a TART at IUB]].
  
 ===== - Assessment ===== ===== - Assessment =====
-| Formative | Attendance | 10 | 50 | +| Formative | Attendance | 10 | 50 | 100 | 
-|:::| Punctuality | 10 |:::| +|:::| Punctuality | 10 |:::|:::| 
-|:::| 3 Quizzes | 15 |:::| +|:::| 3 Quizzes | 15 |:::|:::| 
-|:::| 1 Design project | 15 |:::| +|:::| 1 Design project | 15 |:::|:::| 
-| Summative | Midterm exam | 20 | 50 | +| Summative | Midterm exam | 20 | 50 |:::| 
-|:::| Final exam | 30 |:::|+|:::| Final exam | 30 |:::|:::|
  
 ===== - Textbooks ===== ===== - Textbooks =====
   - Condon and Ransom, //[[https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/courses/era|Essential Radio Astronomy]]//, Princeton UP, 2016.   - Condon and Ransom, //[[https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/courses/era|Essential Radio Astronomy]]//, Princeton UP, 2016.
  
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